The Pirates played Hudson down in the annual Plum City Tournament yesterday and came out on top beating them 5-4. Our second game will be against the Elmwood Expos later today at 5:30.
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The Pirates held on to beat the Elmwood Expos 8-7 in the first game of the 2016 season. Adam Barta threw 4 innings giving up just 1 run. He was then relieved by Jesse Tollefsen and Evan Bayer. Offense was led by Mike Brookshaw, Mike Lytle, and Alex Ross. Pirates are back in action next weekend with two more conference home games, Bay City on Saturday and Spring Valley on Sunday. Both games will start at 1pm.
For the seventh time in nine years the Pirates have advance to playing the WBA state finals. The game will be played in Haugen, WI at 1:30 on Saturday against Osceola. The winner will play Saturday night at 7:30.
In the first game of regionals, the Pirates played Tomahawk and made quick work of the four seed by scoring 18 runs in 6 innings to ten run them 18-1. The offense was on point the entire game and didn’t let off the throttle. Jim French led the way with a HR and 2B but numerous players had significant contributions to the route. Adam Barta threw five innings giving up a single run in a winning effort.
Sunday the Brill Millers were the opponent and have been a thorn in the Pirates side for many years. Both teams had to wait two hours before the game could start because of a monsoon that let loose on the field which made playing conditions dicey at best. Eric Monson got the nod on the hill and didn’t disappoint as he threw a CG on 103 pitches giving up 6 hits, 1 run and two strike outs. The story of the game was the infield defense that includes Monson. With the playing surface completely water logged, the infield didn’t make an error and was helped out by a few fantastic scoops by Nick Johnson at first base.
The offense Sunday wasn’t as efficient as Saturday but had scoring opportunities almost every inning. Billy Brookshaw walked and scored twice, Alex Ross had a couple more hits include a double and Mike Brookshaw had a two-run single in the 8th to break the game open to give the Pirates a 6-0 lead.
Here is a nice article by Sean Scallon with some good photos and videos from Sunday’s championship game.
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/content/your-hometown-champions-prescott-wins-wba-tourney-title
The Pirates found out Tuesday they will face the Merrill Rangers in the first round of the WBA playoffs. The game will be in River Falls on Saturday, August 9th starting at 4PM. If the Pirates advance, they will face the winner of Osseo and Onalaska Sunday at 3 PM at the same location.
By Jason Strangis
It was a perfect spring day for baseball, and the Prescott Pirates improved to a perfect 3-0 record with a 10-0 trouncing in seven innings of New Richmond on May 18. The visiting Pirates pounded out 14 hits, while the Millers were held to only one hit the entire afternoon. Prescott starting pitcher Mark Moriarty and reliever Eric Monsen combined their efforts to shut out New Richmond (2-1 SCVL).
The Pirates, meanwhile, had no problem scoring runs in the game. Prescott tallied three times in second inning, three in third and two more in the fourth in building an insurmountable 8-0 advantage. In the top of the sixth, Prescott added two more scores and the game ended shortly after due to the 10-run-lead rule. Ryan Burmiester and Nick Johnson led the Pirates at the plate with three hits each. Johnson smacked a double in the top of the third, starting a big inning for Prescott. Jared Powell drove in two runs with a double in the top of the fourth, while Billy Brookshaw also hit a double. Austin Tulip had a RBI and Jim French and Michael Lytle added hits.
New Richmond’s only hit in the game came in the second inning from starting pitcher Ryan Stephens. He left the mound in the third inning with the Pirates leading 5-0. Prescott’s pitching duo fared much better. Moriarty gave up just one hit through four innings, while the left-handed Monsen shut down the Millers the rest of the way.
The Pirates will compete a tournament in Plum City this weekend.
Saturday we begin our playoff journey in Osceola at 2 vs Onalaska. This is always the most exciting time of the year but carries a lot of anxiety with single elimination. The intensity will be high but we’ve always found a way to brush that aside. This team has been waiting for second season to start for a long time. I can’t say enough about every single guy on this team as each has been called upon and produced. The same will be said in the playoffs as crazy situations have developed in past seasons to where we have needed our entire bench, and I feel we are as deep as any team in the WBA. See ya in Osceola.
Lee Huppert won $100 for the August 1 raffle.
Linda Pechacek won $100 for the July 31 raffle.
Matt Montieth won himself $100 from the July 30 raffle.
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